Thursday, 5 September 2013

Today is black and white for day 5 of the Quirky 31DC. I had to do some stamping for this prompt and I knew exactly what I wanted. Black roses on a white background, simple yet beautiful. This has been my favourite day of the challenge so far.

I have used;

Basecoat - Seche Clear

Three coats of China Glaze 'White Out'

Konad special stamping polish in black

Plate m65

Topcoat - Seche Vite

I can see myself using my m65 plate again for this one image. Even my Dad commented on how much he liked the pattern. I must be onto a winner haha! It's always nice when my Dad notices my nails :)

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This is a jelly formula with holographic sparkles. It is an absolute dream to apply. Picture Polish shades are Australian made, 3 free, not tested on animals, cruelty free and vegan. You can find their shades here.

It's also the only blue polish I have found in my collection so far to be easy to clean up around the cuticles and that doesn't stain. Amazing right? It's so pretty! I couldn't help but to twinkle my fingers during random times of the day.

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Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Today is day 3 of the Quirky 31 Day Challenge, with the prompt of your favourite colour. A friend mentioned the other day how I have alot of pink and pinky-red swatch sticks. I also have a hot pink car, pink sheets, pink stationary at work... so I clearly love this colour.

I was looking at my swatch sticks and finding it extremely difficult to pick a pink. What a dilemma! After half an hour of oohing and ahhing I made a decision. 5 different colours to make pink ombre nails :)

I usually do not have the patience to use multiple colours in a manicure, especially if they are from different brands due to different drying times. But those five colours are some of my favourites out of my collection, and I have never done ombre nails before.

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Monday, 2 September 2013

I was so excited to get my 9 bottles of Picture Polish two weeks ago, it was a present to myself for completing a weight goal I set. One of those beautiful little bottles contains 'Honeydew.' I am in love with this colour... it's dreamy and half way between a pastel and a bright. I find that with my skin tone pastels can sometimes make me look grey, so this is the perfect colour for olive skin.

The formula is a little tricky on the first coat. By the second coat you have a nice coverage and the third coat levels out perfectly. No bald spots. Just a dreamy creamy manicure. Picture Polish shades are Australian made, 3 free, not tested on animals, cruelty free and vegan. You can find their shades here. Be sure to check out their Everyday Deals page too... I got 9 bottles for the price of 7!

I was going to do some stamping over my base colour, but it was too pretty! I might start off slow for the beginning of the challenge and work my way up since I will be posting once a day for a whole month.

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Sunday, 1 September 2013

Hi everyone,I'm back and with a bang! This month I am participating in something a little bit different... I'm doing the Quirky 31 Day Challenge hosted by the lovely Ameerah at Valiantly Varnished. I will be joining a few other ladies in the challenge of posting one manicure a day for the whole month of September. Oh yes... this will be a challenge for sure!Day 1 has the prompt of Green. My first thought was to use my beautiful bottle of China Glaze 'Outta Bounds' bought from my dear friend Harublossom88. You can check out her blog here. I got 9 bottles of China Glaze polish for buying her dinner, a fair trade in my opinion!

After looking at the beautiful jade green colour on my nails, I teamed it with some gold stamping in a snakeskin pattern. These next two photos are using flash to show a more accurate colour representation.

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